01/19/10, 01:33 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: IL, right smack dab in the middle
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Originally Posted by DaleK
Get them checked by somebody else first, ................................
Don't fall for the "if they're valuable now, they'll be more valuable later" BS. The biggest mistake in logging, particularly with hardwoods, is leaving them to grow too long and the quality will start going downhill a lot faster than it ever increased. I've seen too many people thinking they've got a big valuable tree and it breaks in half when it's cut because it's getting hollow and should have been cut 10 years ago.
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You right to a point. But a good healthy tree thats still growing will get bigger better and more valuable. The key is knowing when they stop growing. The state forester can give you advice on that. Because of the geometric progression of growth value it might be worth more to clear the growth around a already good tree than to log it so the others can grow. Just another thing to discuss with your forester.
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